剔

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to scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,259 U+5254

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

刂 (semantic, “knife”) + 易 (phonetic, yì)

components: 易刂

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 易

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 易 (yì) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
易 sound component	yì	to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
锡	xī	tin; to bestow, to confer
赐	cì	to give; to bestow a favor; to appoint
踢	tī	to kick
惕	tì	cautious, careful, alert
蜴	yì	lizard
埸	yì	border, limit, frontier; dike

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
挑毛剔刺儿	tiāo máo tī cì r	erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺[tiao1 mao2 ti1 ci4]
无可挑剔	wú kě tiāo ti	excellent in every respect; flawless
没得挑剔	méi dé tiāo ti	excellent in every respect; flawless
挑毛剔刺	tiāo máo tī cì	to find fault; to carp; nitpicking
剔牙	tī yá	to pick one's teeth
剔除	tī chú	to reject; to discard; to get rid of
剔透	tī tòu	pure and limpid; (of a person) quick-witted
挑剔	tiāo ti	picky; fussy
玲珑剔透	líng lóng tī tòu	exquisitely made; very clever